The new Nokia N9

MANILA, Philippines - One swipe and you’re home. The Nokia N9 introduces an innovative new design where the home key is replaced by a simple gesture: a swipe. Whenever you’re in an application, swiping from the edge of the display takes you home.

The three home views of the user interface are designed to give fast access to the most important things people do with a phone: using apps, staying up-to-date with notifications and social networks, and switching between activities.

The body is precision-machined from a single piece of polycarbonate and flows seamlessly into beautiful curved glass. The laminated deep black display means that the user interface looks like it floats on the surface of the product.

The Nokia N9 also packs the latest in camera, navigation and audio technology for a great all-round experience.

“With the Nokia N9, we wanted to design a better way to use a phone. To do this we innovated in the design of the hardware and software together,” said Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia’s head of design. 

“We reinvented the home key with a simple gesture: a swipe from the edge of the screen. The experience sets a new bar for how natural technology can feel,” he said.

“And this is just the beginning. The details that make the Nokia N9 unique — the industrial design, the all-screen user experience, and the expressive Qt framework for developers - will evolve in future Nokia products,” he added.

With no need for a home key, the all-screen Nokia N9 makes more room for apps to shine. The 3.9-inch AMOLED screen is made from scratch-resistant curved glass. The polycarbonate body enables superior antenna performance. This means better reception, better voice quality and fewer dropped calls.

The 8-MP Carl Zeiss autofocus sensor, wide-angle lens, HD-quality video capture and large lens aperture enable great camera performance even in low-light conditions, making the N9 one of the best camera-phones ever produced.

The Nokia N9 also features free turn-by-turn drive and walk navigation with voice guidance in Maps. With the new dedicated Drive app, you can get in your car and start navigating to your destination right away.

You can watch videos in true 16:9 wide-screen format, too. The N9 is also the world’s first smartphone with Dolby Digital Plus decoding and Dolby Headphone post-processing technology, giving you a surround sound experience with any set of headphones.

Fitted with the latest in wireless technology — Near Field Communication (NFC) — the N9 allows you to easily share images and videos between devices by touching them together. Pair it with Bluetooth accessories like the new NFC-enabled Nokia Play 360° wireless music speaker only once, and you get a great surround sound music experience with just a tap.

The Nokia N9 will be available in three colors — black, cyan, and magenta — with storage 16GB and 64GB storage options. It’s scheduled to hit stores later this year, with availability and local pricing to be announced closer to the sales start.